Local Government
Taxes Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
| 1 | NEW YORK |
$2,329
|
27
|
Indiana |
955
|
|
| 2 | New Jersey |
1,775
|
28
|
California |
949
|
|
| 3 | New Hampshire |
1,565
|
29
|
Nevada |
945
|
|
| 4 | Connecticut |
1,556
|
30
|
Missouri |
937
|
|
| 5 | Alaska |
1,347
|
31
|
Iowa |
928
|
|
| 6 | Maryland |
1,336
|
32
|
Louisiana |
911
|
|
| 7 | Maine |
1,320
|
33
|
Arizona |
883
|
|
| 8 | Illinois |
1,317
|
34
|
North Dakota |
859
|
|
| 9 | Vermont |
1,290
|
35
|
Utah |
793
|
|
| 10 | Colorado |
1,277
|
36
|
Tennessee |
791
|
|
| 11 | Rhode Island |
1,273
|
37
|
Michigan |
784
|
|
| 12 | Ohio |
1,176
|
38
|
Montana |
782
|
|
| 13 | Massachusetts |
1,174
|
39
|
North Carolina |
719
|
|
| 14 | Nebraska |
1,168
|
40
|
South Carolina |
705
|
|
| 15 | Virginia |
1,123
|
41
|
Idaho |
660
|
|
| 16 | Wyoming |
1,122
|
42
|
Oklahoma |
656
|
|
| 17 | Texas |
1,097
|
43
|
Hawaii |
631
|
|
| 18 | Pennsylvania |
1,083
|
44
|
Alabama |
598
|
|
| 19 | Minnesota |
1,055
|
45
|
New Mexico |
579
|
|
| 20 | Wisconsin |
1,052
|
46
|
Kentucky |
569
|
|
| 21 | Georgia |
1,036
|
47
|
Delaware |
554
|
|
| 22 | Florida |
1,035
|
48
|
Arkansas |
545
|
|
| 23 | Kansas |
1,032
|
49
|
West Virginia |
520
|
|
| 24 | South Dakota |
1,028
|
50
|
Mississippi |
516
|
|
| 25 | Washington |
963
|
U.S. average |
$1,113
|
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| 26 | Oregon |
956
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
109%
|
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Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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